Just five years ago, at age 14, Charli XCX was all glittered up at London warehouse parties and performing original songs like "Dinosaur Sex". The hook? "T-Rex! Dinosaur sex!/ T-Rex! Dinosaur sex!" she gamely recalls on the phone from the UK. "It wasn't exactly groundbreaking." Now 19, Charli's music has matured a bit. The singer and keyboardist released two ace singles this year, "Stay Away" and "Nuclear Seasons", both pushing a goth-tinged style she simply calls "dark pop." These lovelorn tracks prettify the scuzzy semi-genre known as witch house with crisp 80s synths and Charli's radio-ready vocals, which manage to sound simultaneously polished and creaky.
The talented teenager is currently attending London's Slade School of Fine Art while finishing up her as-yet-untitled debut album (tentatively due out this spring) with producers Ariel Rechtshaid (Glasser) and Patrik Berger (Robyn). She's also working on a soundtrack to the upcoming British indie film Elfie Hopkins, directed by Ryan Andrews, who also helmed her recent "Nuclear Seasons" video.
In this trailer, you can hear one of the songs that will be used on the Elfie Hopkins movie. I asked her if it's going to be on the album on facebook and she said that it'll only be on the soundtrack.
A live performance of "Stay Away" that she released:
Also, I ripped her old song "Dinosaur Sex" and the "Lonely Jaguar" (the song she did for the upcoming Elfie Hopkins soundtrack) and uploaded them to youtube:
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Originally posted by realfilthypop
Currently listening to End Of The World like crazy!
Anymore news about the album?
No news ... yet.
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Originally posted by I RUN L.A.
I like Nuclear Seasons. She sounds exactly like Marina. Lol.
They're also releasing their albums around the same time.
